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{{Outdated|List tables need to be reviewed for newer heirlooms, mostly from {{mists-inline}} Mists of Pandaria.}}
'''Heirloom''' is an [[item]] type that was introduced in the {{wotlk-inline}} [[World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King|''Wrath of the Lich King'']] expansion.
[http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/13049/account-bound-items-faq Account-Bound Items FAQ] #0 by [[Bornakk]] - 2008/10/21 05:33:09 PM
These items have a light-yellow or pale golden hue in their text color, and their attributes scale with the character's level.
{{ref web|work=WotLK Beta forum (US)|url=http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9679633896&sid=2000&pageNo=4#75|title=75. Re: "Binds to Account" + New Badge Vendors|author={{blizz}} [[Verimonde]]|date=11-Sep-2008 12:24:07 PM PDT|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080914050845/http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9679633896&sid=2000&pageNo=4#75|archivedate=14-Sep-2008|bluequote=It's great to see such a positive reaction to the Heirloom items. Let me elaborate on how these work for everyone.
1) Heirloom items Bind to Account. This means you can mail them between other characters on your account of the same faction.
2) Heirloom items' stats scale to the level of the person wearing them.
3) Heirlooms' power is equivalent to a blue item of the characters level.
4) Heirloom armor pieces will transform based on the type of the gear the character is capable of wearing. That is to say Heirlooms that are Plate on a level 80 character will be mail when equipped by a level 1-39 character who can wear plate. Items that are Mail on a level 80 character, such as Herod's Shoulders, will be equippable by people who can wear Mail armor at level 40.
We wanted to add something to the game for people interested in trying new classes or who just generally love playing alts, and what's more fun than using an Arcanite Reaper on your level 1 Warrior ;)
We are intending to expand where we use the "Account Bound" flag over time but for now Heirlooms are the only items that work this way. We also intend to expand the types of ways that Heirlooms can be attained but for now they are only purchasable via Emblems of Heroism (the new BoJ) and Stone Keeper's Shards, which are attained by killing any dungeon boss in Northrend while your faction controls Wintergrasp.
As for enchanting these items, they can only be the recipient of anything that you could put on a level one item.}}
Nearly all heirloom items are named after popular items from the early days of Classic WoW, and share the look of these items.
'''Heirloom''' is an [[item]] type that was introduced in the {{wotlk-inline}} [[World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King|''Wrath of the Lich King'']] expansion.
[http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/13049/account-bound-items-faq Account-Bound Items FAQ] #0 by [[Bornakk]] - 2008/10/21 05:33:09 PM
These items have a light-yellow or pale golden hue in their text color, and their attributes scale with the character's level.
{{ref web|work=WotLK Beta forum (US)|url=http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9679633896&sid=2000&pageNo=4#75|title=75. Re: "Binds to Account" + New Badge Vendors|author={{blizz}} [[Verimonde]]|date=11-Sep-2008 12:24:07 PM PDT|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080914050845/http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=9679633896&sid=2000&pageNo=4#75|archivedate=14-Sep-2008|bluequote=It's great to see such a positive reaction to the Heirloom items. Let me elaborate on how these work for everyone.
1) Heirloom items Bind to Account. This means you can mail them between other characters on your account of the same faction.
2) Heirloom items' stats scale to the level of the person wearing them.
3) Heirlooms' power is equivalent to a blue item of the characters level.
4) Heirloom armor pieces will transform based on the type of the gear the character is capable of wearing. That is to say Heirlooms that are Plate on a level 80 character will be mail when equipped by a level 1-39 character who can wear plate. Items that are Mail on a level 80 character, such as Herod's Shoulders, will be equippable by people who can wear Mail armor at level 40.
We wanted to add something to the game for people interested in trying new classes or who just generally love playing alts, and what's more fun than using an Arcanite Reaper on your level 1 Warrior ;)
We are intending to expand where we use the "Account Bound" flag over time but for now Heirlooms are the only items that work this way. We also intend to expand the types of ways that Heirlooms can be attained but for now they are only purchasable via Emblems of Heroism (the new BoJ) and Stone Keeper's Shards, which are attained by killing any dungeon boss in Northrend while your faction controls Wintergrasp.
As for enchanting these items, they can only be the recipient of anything that you could put on a level one item.}}
Nearly all heirloom items are named after popular items from the early days of Classic WoW, and share the look of these items.
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== Shields ==
== Shields ==
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As of [[Patch 4.1]], there are no Heirloom quality shields, but [[Blizz]]ard is thinking about it and may add some in the future.
{{ref web|work=Official Gameplay > General forum (EU)|url=http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1549668208?page=2#31|title=#31 - Heirloom shield - Why not?|author={{blizz}} [[Vaneras]]|date=08-Jun-2011 14:19 BST}}
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As of [[Patch 4.1]], there are no Heirloom quality shields, but [[Blizz]]ard is thinking about it and may add some in the future.
{{ref web|work=Official Gameplay > General forum (EU)|url=http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1549668208?page=2#31|title=#31 - Heirloom shield - Why not?|author={{blizz}} [[Vaneras]]|date=08-Jun-2011 14:19 BST}}
The plan was to add some in [[Patch 5.2]], but some scaling bugs prevented them from getting into the release.
{{ref web|work=Official Community > General Discussion forum (US)|url=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/8087929647?page=3#43|title=#43 - NO BOA shields?|author={{blizz}} [[Zarhym]]|date=6-Mar-2013 1:19 PM PST|bluequote=Heirloom shields were originally planned to be added in patch 5.2, but, unfortunately, due to a late-breaking bug with these items which prevented them from properly scaling with level, we had to remove them. We still want to get these shields in the game and plan to do so in a future patch.
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== Head and Shoulder enchants ==
== Head and Shoulder enchants ==